George Verner BENSON

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Service Number:	840
Enlisted:	22 July 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Captains Flat, New South Wales, Australia, 23 October 1894
Home Town:	Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Ross Hill Public School, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery Plot II. Row F. Grave 4. Inscription: GEORGE VERNER OF INVERELL BELOVED SON OF JOHN AND EMMA WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gulf Creek School Honour Roll, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell Intermediate High School Roll of Honour, Inverell Kurrajong Parade Avenue of Honour, Inverell War Memorial

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 840, Depot Battalion (AIF), Liverpool, New South Wales
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 840, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
11 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 840, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt
13 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 840, 30th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- No 4. Australian Auxiliary Hospital -- Venereal -- Abbassia, Egypt
10 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 840, 30th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Abbassia, Egypt
1 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 30th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 8th Training Battalion -- Ferry Post, Egypt
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 840, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 840, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 840, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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